• How do you describe the scene?

• What are the pronouns used?

the boy does not sleep. He gazes into the darkness, and it seems to him
that he is seeing all that he has seen in the day: the storm-clouds, the bright
sunshine, the birds, the fish, lanky Terenty. The number of his impressions,
together with exhaustion and hunger, are too much for him; he is as hot as
though he were on fire, and tosses from side to side. He longs to tell someone
all that is haunting him now in the darkness and agitating his soul , but there is
no one to tell. Fyokla is too little and could not understand.
• Most nouns, many indefinite pronouns (somebody, everybody, etc) and “it”
and “you” have distinctive forms only for the possessive case.
• For most nouns and indefinite pronouns (somebody, everybody, etc), that form
usually is indicated by an apostrophe:

John's coat; states' powers; someone's house; another's task.

For “it.” the possessive is formed by adding “s” (ITS); for “you” the

possessive is formed by adding “r” (YOUR) or “rs” (YOURS) to the

word.

Wrong:
It’s color is unique. You’re gown is dazzling!I like yours
coat.
May I borrow your?
 CASES OF PRONOUNS
Personal Pronouns Subjective / Possessive OBJECTIVE
Singular
1st person I MY, ME
MINE
2nd person YOU YOUR, YOU
YOURS
3rd person HE, SHE, IT HIM,HER, IT
HIS,HER,HERS, ITS
Plural
1st person WE US
OUR,OURS
2nd person YOU YOU
YOUR,YOURS
3rd person THEY THEIR, THEM
 IMPORTANT:
• Subject pronouns are also used if they rename the subject. They will
follow to be verbs, such as is, are, was, were, am, will be, had been, etc.
• It is he.
This is she speaking.
It is we who are responsible for the decision to downsize.
Subjective case:
 practice: use your notebook

I. Choose the correct case of the pronoun in each sentence below.

1. Maria and (her, she) laughed and talked well into the night.
2. (him, he) and I just don’t seem to get along very well these days.
3. it was (her, she) who used the computer for three hours.
4. cora handed tom and (I, me) the employment applications.
5. between you and (I,me), cases of pronouns can be very confusing.
II. Identify the case of each underlined pronoun. Write O if the case is objective,
s if subjective, and p if possessive.
1. they cross the railway line.
2. there is no secret in nature which baffles him.
3. fyokla leads him into a thicket.
4. he is like a pickpocket in his ways.
5. its power is tremendous.
 Answers:

I. Choose the correct case of the pronoun in each sentence below.

1. Maria and she laughed and talked well into the night.
2. he and I just don’t seem to get along very well these days.
3. it was she who used the computer for three hours.
4. cora handed tom and me the employment applications.
5. between you and me cases of pronouns can be very confusing.
II. Identify the case of each underlined pronoun. Write O if the case is objective,
s if subjective, and p if possessive.
1. they cross the railway line. - s
2. there is no secret in nature which baffles him. - o
3. fyokla leads him into a thicket. - O
4. he is like a pickpocket in his ways. - p
5. its power is tremendous. – p (its is a possessive
determiner/possessive adjective such as Our in
our car)